1859. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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two or three times in a day, as the condition of specks formed Ly sour milk will not rise on wa- 

 the animal required. j, G. w. ter, but those caused by dried cream, will be 



Aug. G, 1859, 



now TO MAKE PICKLES. 



found on the water after washing the butter. I 



have proved them to be cream by simmering 



them to oil, and by other experiments. I think 



When cutting from the vines, leave half anl^:'^"^ milk is kept from direct exi)osure to the 



inch of stem attached to the cucumber; pack ^"V >'o.'^ ^^'i'^ "ot ^^ troubled with them if the 



them in a stone jar, being careful not to break ^''^"■>' ^^^ Properly attended to. I will just say that 



the little prickles which cover them ; add suffi- uneven salting is always the occasion of striped 



cient vinegar to thoroughly immerse the whole, »"tter. I always churn often, whether I have 



and repeat the process from day to day till you 

 have obtained the quantity you desire ; then add 

 a small bag of mustard-seed and cloves, cover- 

 ing the whole with horseradish roots, scraped and 

 split into small pieces. Should any traces of a 

 scum appear, add more horseradish immediately, 

 as a good supply of that is a sure preservative, 

 and "A Lover of Good Pickles" will find them as 

 nice at the end of two years as one. 



Please inform me where I can obtain the full- 

 est information with regard to the cultivation and 

 varieties of strawberries. A Friend. 



Concord, JV. II., Aur/., 1859. 



Remarks 



more or less cream. 



A Reader of the Farmer. 

 Waterbury, Vt., July, 1859. 



EDITOKIAL CORKESPONDEWCE. 

 VISIT TO MONTREAL. 



Montreal, L. C, Aug. IS, 1859. 

 Messrs. Noiuse, Eaton & Tolman. 



Gents : — I came here to attend a trial of agri- 

 culturnl machinery and implemenis, projected by 

 the progressive spirit of the Lower Canada Board 



CURE FOR A BREACH. 



of Agriculture. The trial has been continued 

 You may find a little work on the 'during three days, on the farm of James Logan, 

 cultivation of the strawberry, at the bookstores,: Esq., three miles from the city. The machines 

 by K. u. 1 ardee. ^j^^j implements presented were not numerous, 



and full one-half the whole were from the States. 



m , • i>i 1/- • 1 , J 1 , . There were some six or eight mowing machines, 



lake a piece 01 halt inch board, about the size , ,, r. ., j.^ : to ■ ^ , 



of a man's hand, round off the corners, and linei",'^^^^^ ^^^ °^ ^^^™ different modifications of the 



the side next to the colt with lamb's skin with i^^^^tchum and Manny, four or five reapers, in- 



the wool on, to prevent chafing the breach; at- ■ eluding one with a self-raking attachment, — that 



tach this to a soft surcingle, and buckle it closely is, to rake the grain from the platform of the ma- 



around the colt, with the board directly over the 



breach — then attach two soft cords to the back 



part of the board, passing them through between 



the hind legs, and fasten one of the cords to a 



girt on one side of the hip, and the other on the 



other side, which will keep it to the place. Wet 



the wool twice a day with strong liquor of white 



oak bark. This will effect a cure in three or four 



■weeks. A. BuiGGS. 



Deerjield, Mass. 



APPLES AND PLUMS. 



Will fruit and plums improve in size and qual- 

 ity by removing the tree, bush or vine upon 

 which it grows natural or wild, to a warmer cli- 

 mate ? A Subscriber. 



Eaverhill, X. H., July, 1859. 



Remarks. — They would be quite likely to, if 

 all other things M'ere favorable. 



For the AV»' England Farmer. 



COLLECTING CREAM AND CHURNING. 



I agree with those of your correspondents who 

 say that white specks are caused by dried cream, 

 formed on th,e top of the milk by exposure to a 

 current of air in dry warm weather — I say dry 

 weather, for this crust is never formed in damp 

 weather — neither am I ever troubled with specks 

 in damp weather ; I do not say that sour milk is 

 never found in butter, but it is seldom the case 

 where cream is properly cared for, and sour milk 

 is not adhesive, and easily removed from the 

 butter by washing. Any one can decide as to 

 the nature of the specks by experiment; the 



chine into bundles — some hay-rakes, one ted- 

 ding, or hay turning machine, three stump pul- 

 lers, several threshing machines, root and hay 

 cutters, quite a collection of plows, a few har- 

 rows, &c., &c. 



The mowing machines were set in motion on 

 Tuesday, and operated well. The Ketchum, with 

 Nourse, Mason & Co.'s modifications, cut i*s 

 acre in 38 minutes ; Wood's Manny in 49 m'l- 

 utes, and Moodie's Manny in 52 minutes. T.ie 

 field was level, but laid into beds of only ten fe-t 

 in width over its whole extent. The grass was 

 second crop clover, and about a ton to the acre. 

 Moodie's machine lost a pin and was detained a 

 fev/ minutes, and Nourse, Mason & Co.'s caught 

 a stone which bent one of the teeth, detaining 

 them six minutes. Wood's Manny, with two 

 wheels, worked steadily, and did it with apparent 

 ease for a pair of horses of less than twenty hun- 

 dred. The reapers also did good work, if cutting a 

 large proportion of the grain and gathering it in- 

 to bunches may be considered good work. The 

 self-raking reaper cut an arpon, or French acre, 

 which is a little less than our acre, in 29 minutes. 

 The other reaper required a man to ride on it 

 and remove the grain at intervals with a fork, 

 and occupied more time. Neither of the reap- 

 ers collected the grain sufficiently to make care- 

 ful raking, either by horse or hand, unnecessary. 

 No clean and careful cultivator would think of 



